The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30
Correspondence Omaha Bee.

| DAN kANClSCO, Oal., April lZtn
The one absorbing topic of thi
city, and, in fact, the entire Pacif
coast, is the Kissane sensation
Nothing, from the time that Sa,
Francisco was a little white-washet
Spanish mission, to the present day
has'excited such deep interest ant
continued comment as the rapidly
increasing developments in tn;
Kissane mystery. Had any mar
two weeks ago intimated thai
William X. Rogers, the gray.
haired Sonoma millionaire, was the
notorious Bill Kissane-that he
was one of the most desperate vii.
lains ever operating in this country
dozens of men would have resented
such an accusation with a blow
When the telegraph two weeks ago
whispered the intimation that such
was the fact it was denounced by
all of San Francisco as a "most in
fernal and damnable lie." But as
truth has finally asserted itself, the
white-haired man of sixty years
must now surrender to fate, and let
justice be dealt out to him.
No San Francisco paper has yet
published line regarding the "cen-
tury's sensation" Reuben H.
Lloyd, brother of kissane, one of
our most prominent citizens, and
very highly respected, has sue
ceeded in suppressing everything
connected with the affair.
The Sacramento Bee, however,
published the first account, and
flooded this city with papers.
News stands at first refused to
handle them, but the eagerness of
citizens to secure the account made
it impossible to further suppress
matters, and all copies of the Bee
were sold.
Reuben Lloyd, although always
respected as a thoroughly honest
man, report says, will be mixed up
in this disgraceful disclosure. The
masonic lodge has been doing all
within its power that was honora-
BILE to screen the facts until further
developments. What will most
startle the masonic fraternity is
the claim, believed to be true, that
Bill Kissane was expelled from a
masonic lodge in 1852, for his
crimes. This is given on excellent
testimony, and the truth or falsity
of the statement can easily be
proved by reference to the lodge
records. If, as stated, Rogers is
now a member of masonic lodge,
then Reuben H. Lloyd, his brother,
has transgressed one of the most
stringent rules in masonry in al
lowing his disgraced brother to sail
under the cloak of masonry.
The situation is hourly becoming
more delicate and none can tell
when the explosion will take place.
1t is believed that it only awaits
the final decision from New York
on the motion to quash the forgery
1t is whispered that
if the matter gets into the courts
w. X. Rogers is not the only prom
inent citizen of the United States
who shall be asked to recall the
of thirty-five years ago.
The confession of Kissane gives
full history of the gang of which he
was a member, and they are not all
dead. 1t is even whispered that
in San Francisco fingers can be
laid upon at least one other party
who could not satisfactorily ex-
plain his connection with Kissane.
The hour is apparently not ripe,
however, and the chains of evil
dence must first be we'll forged be-
fore those who know these facts
will talk. General Darr, who has
for thirty-five years pursued kis-
sane, is a brother of Colonel Joe
Darr, of Washington. That Gen
eral Darr's family was grievOusly
wronged by Kissane is indicated
by the following extract from a
letter written a few months ago by
General Darr: "The fortunes and
of my people were broken
by kissane, and the sad results are
felt to this day, / regret to say, by
those most dear to me; and were
it not for the innocent children that
Kissane has brought into the world,
and the pleading of my wife, whose
mother was killed by the distress
resulting from Kissane's running
our factory, he would be on his way
TO the scaffold before this"
Rogers, alias Kissane, is in this
city now and will probably make
no attempt to get away. Even II
he should, it would only precipi-
tate matters, for the agents of the
Chemical bank and the untiring
Darr doubtless keep close watch
on his movements and know where
TO put their hands on him when
the requisition arrives. The story
of week ago that he would leave
the city or commit suicide is all
moonshine. Up to the present
time it has been believed that Lloyd